Hello everyone, I'm James Rees, Community Developer for The Crew 2！
Today Ubisoft’s Ivory Tower studio is thrilled to give you a world-premiere look at the new instalment in The Crew franchise !
There’s no better playground to explore the thrill and excitement of motorsports than America.
In The Crew 2, we offer players the challenge of dominating
the road, sea and sky of a fully realized Open World USA.
Welcome to the city that never sleeps！
In this event, you'll see New York taken over by racers in a way you never could have imagined！
It’s not just a city, it's a playground for the best pilots and drivers of today – and tomorrow！
Welcome to Motornation！
There is a contest happening right now in New York City.
It’s being run and commented by LIVE, Motornation’s number one sponsor and event organizer.
So this is where your story begins.
Your goal: to become the greatest champion of all motorsports.
We’re starting off with a nightly street racing challenge
Street Racing is at the core of The Crew DNA, and one of the many disciplines of The Crew 2.
But this time we’re shifting from underground Street Racing,
to bring you a more accessible, festive and competitive take on the genre.
Speaking of which, this race is about to get a little spiced up.
How would you like to take this party to the rooftops?
Now that was just a small example of the way we’ve redesigned the US cities
to offer you more freedom for spontaneous challenges.
In The Crew 2, your whole environment has been shaped and tweaked
so that you can enjoy the very best experience, whatever the vehicle or the discipline.
But before I tell you more, I think LIVE’s sportscast has something to tell you…
And Now Live goes to the Extreeeeme！
Now, the second part of the competition is a Power Boat race.
You’re piloting a DCB M31, one of the fastest boats ever created.
These little beasts are traditionally used to race off-shore and in straight lines.
But we’ve decided it would be more fun to have them speed up on the Hudson River, because… Why not?
Right now we’re having it pretty easy but you’ll occasionally have to deal with 10-feet waves on off-shore races,
not to mention the waves created by you and your competitors.
We’ve also been messing around with good old Hudson River, adding ramps and buoys for you to handle.
And as you can see, you’re next competitors are waiting for you to take off.
Everything is completely seamless, so anything can happen in Motornation, at anytime.
But for now, let’s stay focused up to the finish line…
We kick it up a notch for the grand finale！
We’re literally taking the challenge to new heights –
in this third and last part of our New York challenge.
While some of our competitors are still having fun down there on the water,
let’s enjoy some new perspectives over Central Park.
Now that you can fly across America, The Crew 2 is built to allow you to see all the way up to the horizon.
This is one of the many technical feats our team had to achieve
in order to offer a game experience that would perfectly fit the new vehicle types.
This raises the game’s exciting potential for exploration even more:
here, you’re embracing the city skyline,
but now, imagine flying over the Rockies, buzzing the ground in the Grand Canyon,
piercing the clouds or just admiring the city night lights from your cockpit.
But I digress… We’re still trying to win a race here！
From the heart of New York City, this was the Live Extreme Series, episode 1！
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Now let’s take a look at our colossal open world of more than 2000 square miles.
It revolves around 4 motorsports families: Street Racing, Pro Racing, Offroad and Freestyle.
Each of them has its own culture, style, set of disciplines and a place to meet.
But The Crew 2 is also about freedom and exploration…
Time to discover what this huge open world has to offer.
Back in New York City, we’ve joined some friends for a free flight session in coop.
Let me show you what this Zivko Edge 540 V3 has under the hood.
This light plane is the star of many air races and aerobatics shows around the world…
And right here, in Motornation.
That’s another one of The Crew 2 innovations:
not only does it offer an incredible variety of disciplines, but each gameplay has its specificities and unique appeal .
By the way, you can instantly switch between
ground, water and air vehicles with our brand new Fast Fav feature.
This allows you to fully enjoy all the new perspectives The Crew 2 has to offer using only one button.
From the top of the buidlings to the city busy streets or water ways, the whole USA is ready for you to be explored.
Now you might have noticed I keep scoring points here.
That’s what we call dynamic freestyle.
Every stunt and feat achieved anywhere in the open world will contribute to your overall progression in the game.
Doing aerobatics tricks, cars and bike stunts or just speeding up in your boat –
literally anything you can show off will get you closer to becoming a renowned champion of Motornation.
Now it’s time to race in the Great Outdoors.
This is Rally Raid, an off-road discipline focus.
The objective here is simple:
get from point A to point B as quickly as you can, by making your way through muddy tracks, rocks and vegetation.
And of course, the organizers at LIVE have added their two cents to the challenge by throwing a few surprises.
The Buggy A1 is a perfect choice for that challenge, with its bouncy suspension,
unconventional look and easy handling.
After all, Rally Raid is all about enjoying total freedom to choose your path,
to test the limits of your environment and the pure fun to go full speed into the wild.
Now I’m excited to share with you how you’ll be dominating the waterways in Jet Sprint.
This will have you slaloming and jumping into swampy waters in tiny but highly responsive boats.
As you might have guessed, this gameplay is a bit more challenging that the ones I’ve been introducing so far.
The contests usually take place in a lush and pretty unpredictable environment
and it requires high-speed mastery as well as some freestyle abilities.
This is one of the great things about having the whole USA as our open world:
every terrain is a perfect spot for specific disciplines, with its own ecosystem, road network, facilities
as well as some surprises.
So that’s it for now.
I hope you’ve enjoyed your first peek into the unique experience that we’ll be offering with The Crew 2.
Remember: in this brand new world of non-stop competition and no-limit exploration, there is a lot more for you to discover.
See you next time for new disciplines, new challenges and unexplored parts of Motornation！